#8A1532#8A1532

#8A1532 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.150 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1532
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 50)
HSL	hsl(345, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(345, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 48.46, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 50.66, 16.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.1456 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.15 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3263, 6.1716, 3.6119)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1532 #158A6D

analogous

#8A156C #8A1532 #8A3215

triadic

#8A1532 #328A15 #15328A

tetradic

#8A1532 #6C8A15 #158A6D #32158A

square

#8A1532 #6C8A15 #158A6D #32158A

split-complementary

#8A1532 #158A32 #156C8A

monochromatic

#20050C #550D1F #8A1532 #BF1D45 #E13962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#8A1532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A1532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1532

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1532	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.150 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36169',
    500: '#8a1532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1532;
$custom-light: #b36169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.128,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41428,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1532

secondary

#3DBE9E

accent

#F0C238

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1532

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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